Secure Payment Encryption
Question
A large e-retailer is moving to Google Cloud Platform with its ecommerce website.
The company wants to ensure payment information is encrypted between the customer's browser and GCP when the customers checkout online.
What should they do?
Answers
Explanations
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A. B. C. D.A.
Option A is the correct answer.
When customers checkout online, the payment information is transferred between the customer's browser and GCP, which requires encryption to ensure the confidentiality of the payment information.
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is a standard security protocol for establishing encrypted links between a web server and a browser in online communication. SSL ensures that all data transmitted between the web server and browser remains encrypted and private.
An L7 Load Balancer is an application-level load balancer that can make forwarding decisions based on the content of the message (such as HTTP headers or cookies). By configuring an SSL Certificate on the L7 Load Balancer and requiring encryption, the retailer can ensure that all traffic between the customer's browser and GCP is encrypted.
Option B is not the best answer because Network TCP Load Balancers are designed for TCP traffic and do not have the ability to make forwarding decisions based on application-level content.
Option C is not the best answer because it only configures the firewall to allow inbound traffic on port 443, but it does not ensure that the traffic is encrypted.
Option D is not the best answer because it only configures the firewall to allow outbound traffic on port 443, but it does not ensure that the traffic is encrypted.
In summary, to ensure payment information is encrypted between the customer's browser and GCP when the customer checkout online, the e-retailer should configure an SSL Certificate on an L7 Load Balancer and require encryption.
